NAME
lpstat — report line printer status information
SYNOPSIS
lpstat
[-drst]
[-a
[list]]
[-c
[list]]
[-o
[list]]
[-p
[list]]
[-u
[list]]
[-v
[list]]
[ID...]
DESCRIPTION
The
lpstat
utility writes to standard output
information about the current status of the line printer system.
If no arguments are given,
lpstat
writes the status of all requests made to
lp
by the user that are still in the output queue.
OPTIONS
The
lpstat
utility supports the XBD specification,
Section 10.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines, except the
option-arguments are optional and cannot be
presented as separate arguments.
Some of the options below can be followed by an
optional list that can be in one of two forms: a
list of items separated from one another by a comma,
or a quoted list of items separated from one another
by a comma or one or more blank characters, or
combinations of both. See EXAMPLES.
The omission of a list following such options causes
all information relevant to the option to be written
to standard output; for example:
writes the status of all output requests that are
still in the output queue.
- -a[list]
Write the acceptance status of destinations for output requests.
The
list
argument is a list of intermixed printer names and
class names.
- -c[list]
Write the class names and their members. The
list
argument is a list of class names.
- -d
Write the system default destination for output requests.
- -o[list]
Write the status of output requests. The
list
argument is a list of intermixed printer names, class
names and request IDs.
- -p[list]
Write the status of printers. The
list
argument is a list of printer names.
- -r
Write the status of the line printer request scheduler.
- -s
Write a status summary, including the status
of the line printer scheduler, the system
default destination, a list of class names
and their members and a list of printers and
their associated devices.
- -t
Write all status information.
- -u[list]
Write the status of output requests for users. The
list
argument is a list of login names.
- -v[list]
Write the names of printers and the pathnames of the devices
associated with them. The list argument is a list of printer names.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
- ID
A request ID, as returned by
lp.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the
execution of
lpstat:
- LANG
Provide a default value for the internationalisation variables that are
unset or null. If
LANG
is unset or null, the corresponding value from the
implementation-specific default locale will
be used. If any of the internationalisation
variables contains an invalid setting, the
utility will behave as if none of the
variables had been defined.
- LC_ALL
If set to a non-empty string value, override
the values of all the other
internationalisation variables.
- LC_CTYPE
Determine the locale for the interpretation
of sequences of bytes of text data as
characters (for example, single- as opposed
to multi-byte characters in arguments).
- LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale that should be used to
affect the format and contents of diagnostic
messages written to standard error, and
informative messages written to standard output.
- LC_TIME
Determine the format of date and time
strings output when displaying line printer
status information with the
-a,
-o,
-p,
-t,
or
-u
options.
- NLSPATH
Determine the location of message catalogues
for the processing of
LC_MESSAGES.
- TZ
Determine the timezone used with date and time strings.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
The standard output is a text file containing the
information described in OPTIONS, in an unspecified format.
STDERR
Used only for diagnostic messages.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
- 0
Successful completion.
- >0
An error occurred.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
APPLICATION USAGE
The
lpstat
utility cannot reliably determine the
status of print requests in all conceivable
circumstances. When the printer is under the
control of another operating system or resides on a
remote system across a network, it need not be
possible to determine the status of the print job
after it has left the control of the local operating
system. Even on local printers, spooling hardware
in the printer may make it appear that the print job
has been completed long before the final page is printed.
EXAMPLES
- 1.
Obtain the status of two printers, the pathnames of two printers,
a list of all class names and the status of the request named
HiPri-33:
lpstat -plaser1,laser4 -v"laser2 laser3" -c HiPri-33
- 2.
Obtain user print job status using the obsolescent mixed
blank and comma form:
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
A version of
lpstat
that fully supports the XBD specification, Section 10.2, Utility Syntax
Guidelines may be introduced in a future issue.
SEE ALSO
cancel(1),
lp(1).
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in Issue 2.
Issue 3
The operation of this utility in an 8-bit
transparent manner has been noted.
The operation of this utility in an
internationalised environment has been described.
Issue 4
Format reorganised.
Exceptions to Utility Syntax Guidelines conformance noted.
Internationalised environment variable support mandated.
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
lpstat: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4
DESCRIPTION
Any arguments that are not
options
are assumed to be request
ids
(as returned by
lp).
lpstat
prints the status of such requests.
options
can appear in any order and can be repeated and intermixed
with other arguments.
- -i
Inhibit the reporting of remote status.
- -o[list]
Also see the
-i
option.
- -t
Print all status information.
Same as specifying
-r,
-s,
-a,
-p,
-o.
See the
-i
option.
Security Restriction
Only users who have the
lp
subsystem authorization or the
printqueue
secondary subsystem authorization can view the entire queue.
Unauthorized users can view only their own jobs
whose sensitivity levels are dominated
by the user's current sensitivity level.
The
allowmacaccess
privilege allows viewing jobs at higher sensitivity levels.
EXAMPLES
Check whether your job is queued:
Check the relative position of a queued job:
Verify that the job scheduler is running:
FILES
/var/spool/lp/*
/var/adm/lp/*
/etc/lp/*
/usr/lib/lp/*
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
lpstat: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4
